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Microsoft put an ex-Facebook exec in charge of a new AI unit. Internal memos reveal how it's going.
Internal memos Jay Parikh has sent to employees since taking on a new AI unit reveal its early ambitions and accomplishments.
Microsoft is racing to build an AI ‘agent factory’
When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ran into Meta’s former engineering chief, Jay Parikh, at a conference last summer, he had ...
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Microsoft's Jay Parikh talks about the firm's need for AI speed
In leading Microsoft's core AI work, Jay Parikh says he has a clear mission: To make sure the company develops, ships and ...
Legaltech unicorn Harvey has agreed to spend $150 million on Azure over two years, an internal memo shows
Harvey, which builds chatbots and agents tailored for legal and professional services, is gassing up on Azure cloud credits ...
Microsoft expands AI roster with Anthropic and xAI integrations, looking beyond OpenAI alliance
Jay Parikh, Microsoft executive vice president and head of the company’s CoreAI engineering division, speaks at Build 2025 in ...
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Palestinian techie confronts Indian-origin Jay Parikh during Microsoft keynote: ‘How dare you talk about AI when…’
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators continued protesting against chief execs for the second day in a row amid the ongoing annual ...
After Satya Nadella, Microsoft EVP Jay Parikh’s speech disrupted by protestor
Pro-Palestine protestors interrupted Microsoft’s Build conference for the second consecutive day, with a tech worker speaking ...
Microsoft to add Anthropic's AI coding agent to its GitHub service
Microsoft said it will add an artificial intelligence coding agent from Google-backed startup Anthropic to its GitHub service ...
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Ex-Lacework CEO Jay Parikh To Join Microsoft In Senior Exec Role
Microsoft did not specify responsibilities Parikh will be assuming as a member of the senior leadership team at the tech giant. Microsoft disclosed Thursday that former Lacework CEO Jay Parikh ...